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Wind Advisory 18, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 11, 20119 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at May 11, 2011, 4:25 AM CDT for 9 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 72 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 11, 2011, 4:25 AM CDT (09:25 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2011, 5:37 AM CDT
In force
72 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Grant County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 124 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 88 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 153 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
88 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-156 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3186 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

827 
WWUS73 KDDC 110925
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
425 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2011

...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING...

.OUTFLOW FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WAS SURGING
NORTHWARD INTO FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING.

KSZ061-062-074>076-084>087-111300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0018.110511T0925Z-110511T1300Z/
HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...
JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...ELKHART...
RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER
425 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 /325 AM MDT WED MAY 11 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT /7 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT /7 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING. 

* TIMING: STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 8 AM.

* WINDS: WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH AT TO 30 TO 40 MPH
  WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH.

* IMPACTS: THESE STRONG WINDS COULD EFFECT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
363 
WWUS73 KDDC 111037
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
537 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2011

...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING...

.OUTFLOW FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WAS SURGING
NORTHWARD INTO FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING.

KSZ061-062-074>076-084>087-111400-
/O.UPG.KDDC.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-110511T1300Z/
/O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0004.110511T1037Z-110511T1400Z/
HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...
JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...ELKHART...
RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER
537 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 /437 AM MDT WED MAY 11 2011/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING: STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHWARD THROUGH 9
  AM. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH LIBERAL BY 6 AM AND THEN GARDEN
  CITY...LAKIN AND SUBLETTE BETWEEN 630 AM AND 730 AM.

* WINDS: WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH AT TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH
  GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH.

* IMPACTS: THESE STRONG WINDS COULD AFFECT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
  AND CAUSE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING.

&&

$$

KSZ063-077-111400-
/O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0004.110511T1037Z-110511T1400Z/
FINNEY-GRAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...CIMARRON...
MONTEZUMA
537 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING.


* TIMING: STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHWARD THROUGH 9
  AM. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH GARDEN CITY...LAKIN AND
  SUBLETTE BETWEEN 630 AM AND 730 AM.

* WINDS: WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH AT TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH
  GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH.

* IMPACTS: THESE STRONG WINDS COULD AFFECT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
  AND CAUSE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 2:24 AM CDTRed Flag WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 3 more18 hr
May 11, 5:37 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 5 more3 hr
May 11, 8:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord35 min
May 11, 9:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord23 min
May 11, 9:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman44 min
May 11, 9:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess, Pawnee, Rush35 min
May 11, 10:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis, Rush45 min
May 11, 5:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman49 min
May 11, 6:58 PM CDTWind AdvisoryDDCFinney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 7 more2 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.